Place | Middle East: Iraq, Kut el Amara |
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Accession Number | P00562.018 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia. 1916-12-12. Tents of the wireless stations of the 1st Wireless Signal ...
Description
Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia. 1916-12-12. Tents of the wireless stations of the 1st Wireless Signal Squadron with the British Riverhead and Advanced Base at Arab Village near Kut. The wireless stations were attached to the British Cavalry Division (6th and 7th Cavalry Brigades), Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, prior to the advance to the Hai. Note the bridge leading to Felayieh in the background. (Donor B. Simes)